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` @einen taten @sind @Hita Letters' lhnwnt No.. 64,586, .dated fWdj/ 7, 1867.

DRY-HOUSE.

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Be it known that I, JUDSON SCHH-L12, of Ellenville, in the county of Ulster, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Dry-House; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,- and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art vto make and use the same, reference being had tu the accompanying drawings, forming part of this speci'cation, in whichvjlligurc l is a vertical longitudinal section of my improved dry-house.

Figure is a vertical cross-section-fot` the lower part oi the seme.

Similar-letters of reference indicate corresponding parts;

i My, invention has for itsobjeetjto lfurnish an improved dry-house so constructed and arranged that substances to be dried ot' different degrees 'ofvmoisturc may be kept separate, and so that each' separate portion may be supplied with more or less heat and air as maybe desired; and it consists in dividing a part of the dry-house into compartments by partitionscxtending from the second Hoor to the roof; in placing regulating damper-s in the chimneys of the several compartments to regulate the escape of the heat and moisture; in forming thebottoms'ot' the compartments of swinging doors or movable doors to regulate the admission of heat; and in the combination of doors, placed at suitable'distanees apart, with the partitions for convenience in handling the leather or other substance to be dried. l

iA are the end and B the side Walls of the dry-house.. B is the first or ground door, upon which are placed the stoves, furnaces, or other heaters. C are the partitions, which extend from the seeondiloor D to the roei` E of the building, and which aire placed at su'ch a distance apart as will form convenient compartments to receive the hides or other substances to be dried. F are slats attached to the sides of the partitions C at suit- ."ible distances apart, so as te form racks for the convenient reception of the hides. The partitions C do not extend entirely across the building, but a space is left at one side where tloors D GH, ttc., are placed at suitable distances apart for convenience in handling the hides. The number of these floors will depend upon the height of the building, and they are connected by stairways, I. And through the said iloors, at one corner, are formed the hatchways Jfor the elevator. K are doors closely closing up theopenings into the drying compartments betiveen the doors, sons to prevent the escape of heat from said compartments. The bottoms of the compartments Iare closed by swinging doors, L, which should be so arranged that they may be opened to lany desired amount'to regulate theadmission of heat from the furnace room'vinto the said compartments. The swinging doors may, if desired,be replaced with removable boards or iloors so as to be partially or wholly removed for the admission of the heat, as may be required. At the top of each vcompartment is formed a chimney, M, through which the moisturemay escape, and by means of which .a draught 4through the said compartments may be established. Each of the chimneys M is' provided with a damper, N, by means ot' which the opening through the said chimneys may lle-wholly closed or' opened lte any desired extent. The' dampers N may beoperated by cords passing down along the inside of' the wall of the building, .er placed in any other convenient place.

By constructing the dry-house in the manner herein described, hides of different degrees of wetness may be hung in separate compartments so that the moisture from the Wetter ones'cannot dampen those nearlv dry And each compartment may be supplied with less or more heat and air as may be desired.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters lPatent- The arrangement in the dry-house of the vertical partitions C, having sla-ts F secured to their sides extending from the second floor D through the roof E, their upper ends forming chimneys Ml having dampers N, the lower endsprovidcd with they,heat-rgulating doors L, and their front sides with doors K opening upon the iloors D Gr H, Svc., extending across one side of the dry-house, their inner edges meeting the inner edges of the partitions C, substantially as herein set forth and for the purpose specified- I JUDSON SCHULTZ.

Witnesses FRANK Bnonnntn. Guns. HALL. 

